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Off The Grid Its typical of what I would expect from them. In their official response they quote: “We have to make some important decisions about how to protect ourselves and sustain our leadership in the world, while upholding the civil liberties and privacy protections that our ideals and our Constitution require.” Instead of constructively

Alex Logan Donald Trump is so unlikable that there were even allegations he had to hire people for his own presidential candidacy announcement. Now if only he could pay people to vote for him, I might have a chance in the 2016 election (not really). Moments after his big announcement, the Donald, with a hairpiece

Brigida Santos Reuters reports that the United States has bumped Malaysia up from a Tier 3 country to a Tier 2 country on the U.S. State Department’s annual human ‘Trafficking in Persons’ report in order to allegedly eliminate a barrier that would have kept Malaysia from being included in Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations. In addition to the United States, Malaysia

Jen Hobbs Is it an invasion of privacy for someone to fly a personal drone over someone else’s property without that person’s permission? I’d say yes. There’s no way to tell what the intentions are of the anonymous person manning the drone. Is this person flying the drone for fun? Is this person gathering intel to rob you later

Off The Grid According to reports from the Seattle Times, protestors in Portland are doing everything they can to delay Shells Arctic icebreaker from leaving their port. The 380-foot vessel, named the MSV Fennica, arrived in Portland last Saturday for repairs. Shell received a permit last week to begin drilling but cannot start until the

Off The Grid Lets call it what it is – fracking. Not only is fracking wrong and dangerous, but also were putting oil ahead of water. Water thats used in fracking gets contaminated for a minimum of thirty years: its useless. If youve been out in the desert for a week and youre dying

Brigida Santos The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention point out that heroin-related overdose deaths have quadrupled during the 11 years between 2002 and 2013 due to the heroin epidemic. Here are some other relevant facts: Related Story Off The Grid: The Militarization Of Police Just Got Worse Thanks To The War On Drugs In 2013 an estimated

Jen Hobbs KATU News reports that Oregon Governor Kate Brown has signed a bill allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to sell pot to recreational users, effective October 1, 2015. Anyone over the age of 21 will be able to purchase marijuana at a dispensary starting October 1. This gives the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) a little more than two months to

Off The Grid Everyone said these wars werent like Vietnam. Theyre identical. When the veterans come home theyre forgotten about and cheated. We do all this rah-rah for our veterans at stadiums and thank them for their service. Yet, on the dark flip side they lose their benefits. Related Story Number of Veterans on Wait

Brigida Santos Related Story Number of Veterans on Wait Lists Double One Year After VA Scandal The Chicago Tribune reports, the 40-year-old Nashhad been wrongfully convicted in 1995 for the murder a man named Leon Stroud based on witness testimony. Nash, who always maintained his innocence, was sentenced to 80 years in prison in 1997. According to the report, He was released in August

Off The Grid The ongoing (and complicated) debate over the minimum wage in America hit a new high this month as good ol Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) hyped a national $15 minimum wage on the campaign trail. Now other presidential candidates — from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump — have thrown in

Off The Grid Its wonderful because Bernie Sanders opposes the wars. Hell get us out of them. Im a one-issue voter this time. Im voting for anyone who will get us out of the Middle East. Anyone other than Bernie Sanders or Rand Paul will continue with the same foreign policy weve always had. Well